Vidyapati Nagar Explained

Official Name:Vidyapati Nagar
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:India
Pushpin Label Position:right
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Bihar
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Samastipur district
Subdivision Type3:Parliamentary constituency
Subdivision Name3:Ujiarpur
Subdivision Type4:Assembly constituency
Subdivision Name4:Sarairanjan
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:122244
Timezone:IST
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Hindi[1]
Demographics1 Title2:Additional official
Demographics1 Info2:Urdu[2]
Utc Offset:+5.30
Coordinates:25.8629°N 85.7811°W
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:848503
Area Code:STD Code 06278

Vidyapati Nagar is a village in the Samastipur district, in Bihar, India. It is named after the notable Maithili-language poet Vidyapati.[3] Vidyapati Nagar is within the Darbhanga division of the district.

Location

Vidyapati Nagar is located 35 km south of the district headquarters of Samastipur and 82 km west of the state capital, Patna. Bachhwara and Mansurchak to the east of Vidyapati Nagar, with Dalsinghsarai lies to the north, and Mohiuddinagar to the west. The closest cities are: Dalsinghsarai, Barh, Mokameh and Mokama.

Demographics

The local languages are Maithili, Urdu and Hindi. According to the 2011 census, the population was 122,244, with 51.8% male. The city contains 29 villages organized into 15 panchayats, for a total of 20,708 houses.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Bihar Official Language Act, 1950. 1950. Cabinet Secretariat Department, Government of Bihar. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150413072041/http://csd.bih.nic.in/Act%26rule/Act1english.pdf. 13 April 2015. 9 April 2015.
  2. Book: Benedikter, Thomas. Language Policy and Linguistic Minorities in India: An Appraisal of the Linguistic Rights of Minorities in India. 2009. LIT Verlag. 978-3-643-10231-7. Münster. 89. 10 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151019053006/https://books.google.com/books?id=vpZv2GHM7VQC&pg=PA89&lpg=PA89. 19 October 2015. live.
  3. News: Vidyapati Nagar Block - Samastipur. 10 Oct 2015. Census2011.co.in.